The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 608
| Novel |
Rodney Neumann and Jigme argue to an impasse, and Dr. Necroanus is impatient to see if he can recover Belthaeous. John W. Steele, The Chronicle of Belthaeous |
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| Short Stories |
Some days, everything goes wrong. But on this day, at least one thing survives intact: Mike Florian, The Man in the Fedora. Les Moore brings his trombone from Louisiana to San Francisco. He finds friends who are glad to hear him play: Sherman Smith, Music As Sweet As a Honeysuckle Rose, part 1; conclusion. New contributor Shannon Snyder tells how a girl, her family and friends combat an invasion of space aliens: The Tragedy of the Species, part 1; part 2; conclusion. |
| Poetry | Michael Murry, Unfair and Unbalanced |
| Short Poetry |
Boghos L. Artinian, You’re Not a Dog B. Z. Niditch, Listening Along the Volga |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes Shannon Snyder. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 608 invites you to Pick Your Pestilence. |
| Letters | Joe Pitkin discusses “The Lamp of the Body” with Bewildering Stories. |
| The Reading Room |
Danielle L. Parker reviews Phillip Donnelly, Kev the Vampire. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
Randomly selected Bewildering motto:
Randomly selected classic rejection notice:
Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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